OAK PARK – Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found near the top of a 1,000 foot radio broadcast tower Tuesday.

The man was reportedly wearing only a T-shirt and underwear when he was discovered on a platform on the tower.Police said workers discovered the body of a young black man about 12:30 p.m. after they scaled the tower at 20931 Meyers near Eight Mile Road to do repair work.
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My money is on lightening. That doesn't explain why he was only in underpants though.

djones520

03-09-2011, 12:11 AM

My money is on lightening. That doesn't explain why he was only in underpants though.

It blew his pants off?

Rockntractor

03-09-2011, 12:12 AM

It blew his pants off?

I have actually heard of that happening.

megimoo

03-09-2011, 12:14 AM

I have actually heard of that happening.Extreme High voltage will blow off the shoes,pants and burn the hair from the body !

Starbuck

03-09-2011, 09:29 AM

Gee, this is a tough one.

It's March. In Chicago. March; the month that comes after February. In Chicago.

Then they find a guy wearing only his underwear. And they find him 1000 feet in the air.

And they don't know how that guy died??!!:D

PS: The adiabatic lapse rate is about 3 1/2 degrees per 1000 feet. The mean sea level temperature for Chicago on March 6 (for instance) was 29.2 degrees. I'll do the math. That means for this poor schmuck it was about 25.7 degrees. Without the wind chill. Wind speed on March 6 was about 13 MPH. And that brings it down to about 15 degrees.

:(God rest his poor, tortured soul.

noonwitch

03-09-2011, 10:04 AM

This was not on the morning local news this morning. There was a really bad fire in the city last night that killed a couple of little kids, that was the main story.

I drive by the radio towers on a regular basis. I'm guessing it was a suicide.